New England Grows!

Leading edge and highly regarded in the industry, New England Grows! provides you and your team with outstanding opportunities to acquire new knowledge, build technical skills, improve productivity and advance the quality of your work.

World-class education at a great value—attend as many sessions as you want with full access to the exposition for one price: $39 per person by January 15 $55 per person after January 15

• Master Classes Offered on Wednesday, these cutting-edge sessions provide experienced green industry professionals with a fresh perspective on best practices and emerging trends from inside and outside the green industry.

• Bright Green! Branch Smith publishing will help showcase innovative ways to move your business from green to greenest. Bright Green ideas for putting organics, eco-friendly equipment, waste reduction alternatives and energy conservation to work for you will be spotlighted, along with profitable ways to reduce, reuse and recycle.

• Great Ideas Pavilion An interactive opportunity to meet one-on-one with university faculty about the newest and most important research-based information that will impact you and your customers.

• Learning Parks Hands-on, rapid-fire demonstrations and training provided by our expert exhibitors, right on the trade show floor.

• Retailers’ Choice Awards Retail trend spotters will judge the hottest home and garden lifestyle ideas found at the New England Grows! exposition.

• The Bookstore at New England Grows! Expand your reference library, take home a conference session recording and be sure to watch for book signings by some of our renowned speakers. Proceeds from the bookstore benefit the New England Grows educational fund.

• Career Center If you’re hunting for a job or looking for employees, you’ll want to take advantage of the popular career center.

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Recertification Credit

Earn continuing education credits that will keep you competitive and advance your career. Select conference sessions are approved for recertification by all six New England states, New Jersey and New York, as well as by the International Society of Arboriculture, the Northeast Organic Farming Association, members of the New England Nursery and Landscape Council (CNLA, MeLNA, MLP, MNLA, NHLA, RINLA and VNLA), the Massachusetts Certified Arborist (MCA) program, Massachusetts Association of Landscape Professionals (MALP) program and many of our network members.

You will need to provide your license/certification number at time of registration.

Recertification credit will be tracked electronically. Your New England Grows! badge will be scanned when you enter a session that is approved for credit. Please plan to arrive before the session starts to ensure that your badge is scanned.

Having your badge scanned is your primary proof of attendance. The electronic data will be sent to the appropriate organization or bureau. Paper proof-of-attendance is still required by some pesticide bureaus and will be available outside the meeting room when the session ends.

Seating in session rooms is available on a first-come, first-served basis.